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Fractals
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractal lesson, students use applets to explore Koch's Snowflake, Sierpinski's Triangle, and other fractals. Students develop these concepts through exploration and teacher guided...
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Constructing Midsegments of Triangles
Pupils construct midsegments. In this geometry instructional activity, students make conjectures and apply properties of triangles to solve problems. They complete an activity on the computer.
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Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
Students are introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation. They practice translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane. students use computers to learn about the three concepts.
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Teaching the Kono Salmon Kite
Students complete several student readings involving kite making and kite flying. They analyze how the parts of a system go together and how these parts depend on each other. They comprehend how different environments both provide...
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Math Vocabulary Blackout worksheet
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students read the definition of the math vocabulary word and then write the word. Students write 15 math vocabulary words.
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Math Vocabulary Decoding Activity
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students use a letter key code to match match vocabulary words to their definitions. A reference web site it given for additional activities.
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Math Vocabulary Maze
In this math maze worksheet, students navigate their way through a maze using clues and spelling out math vocabulary words. A reference web site is included for additional activities.
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Math Vocabulary Spelling Worksheet
In this math vocabulary instructional activity, students read the math vocabulary definitions and write in the missing letters to the vocabulary words. Students complete 15 words.
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Math Vocabulary Letter Shapes
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students match the math vocabulary definitions to the letter shapes. Students write in 8 words in the letter shapes.
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Math Vocabulary Multiple Choice Words Worksheet
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students complete multiple choice problems where they match the correct math vocabulary word to its definition. Students complete 15 questions.
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Classifying Figures on the Coordinate Plane
Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions lesson, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation. This lesson...
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Cafeteria Mayhem
Students design a cafeteria floor plan. For this area and perimeter lesson, groups create an efficient lunchroom layout on poster board by using geometric shapes and formulas as the basis for their designs. In the accompanying writing...
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Properties of Fractals
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...
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Properties of Fractals
Young scholars build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by...
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Characteristics of Lift and Wing Area
Students use FoilSim to complete the activity and investigate the factors that affect lift and how wing area and lift are related.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Introducing the Coordinate Plane
Fifth graders practice using estimation. In this estimation lesson, 5th graders add, subtract, multiple, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Students decide upon instances when estimation is more appropriate than...
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Math Vocabulary Fill-In Puzzle
In this math vocabulary puzzle, students use a set of definition clues given to solve a crossword puzzle. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Math Vocabulary Review
In this math vocabulary activity, learners read a set of 15 math related definitions and write the words being defined. A reference web site is included for additional activities.
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The Baseball and Air
Students use Curveball to complete the activity to determine how the speed of airstreams changes in relation to changes in the distance of the airstream from the center of the baseball.
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Lift Equation Problem Set
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it, along with FoilSim, to complete an activity to graph and interpret the lift equation.
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Mass & Velocity Effect
Students, after reading the explanation given below, use FoilSim to complete the activity to fulfill the specifications of a given airfoil and then plot and interpret graphs.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Making and Verifying Conjectures About Angles
Given the relationship(s) among a set of angles, the student investigates the patterns and makes conjectures about the geometric relationships, including angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Making Conjectures About Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
The student will verify theorems about angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal and apply these relationships to solve problems.
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Nearpod: An Introduction to Angles
In this lesson, students will learn important definitions about angles relationships an use those facts to solve equations.